- July 9, 2024
RELIGION

Toned-down synod document backs female leadership, but not as deacons
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . July 9, 2024
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The agenda for the next round of the Synod on Synodality, scheduled for Oct. 4-27 in Rome, will focus on female

Bills to enhance religion in schools spur fights between faiths
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . July 6, 2024
(RNS) — When Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was asked to defend his support for a new state law requiring public schools to display a version

The Episcopal Church revises clergy misconduct protocols for fairness, transparency
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . July 3, 2024
(RNS) — As it elected Bishop Sean Rowe its new presiding bishop at last week’s General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, the Episcopal Church adopted more

Hate on the Rise? Exploring the SPLC’s Annual Hate and Extremism Report
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . June 30, 2024
Just in time for the election season comes a surge in disinformation campaigns by far-right extremist organizations targeting marginalized communities. The Southern Poverty Law

The problem with social media and kids is also spiritual
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . June 27, 2024
(RNS) — Want to find that one issue upon which at least some Democrats and Republicans can agree? Here it is: the danger that social

Conservative prelate warns that excommunicating Viganò will lead to further division
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . June 24, 2024
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — An outspoken critic of Pope Francis, the Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, said that while Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s

Photos of the Week: Eid al-Adha; International Yoga Day
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . June 21, 2024
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes the Eid al-Adha holiday, International Yoga Day and more. The post Photos of the Week: Eid al-Adha; International

Richard Smallwood, ‘Total Praise’ composer, to receive Juneteeth tribute in D.C.
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . June 18, 2024
(RNS) — For decades, Richard Smallwood has been on stages from Carnegie Hall to churches, at the piano or at the microphone, performing music that

Roberts and Alito are polarized on polarization
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . June 15, 2024
(RNS) — Sure, Chief Justice John Roberts got props from liberals this week for denying that we’re a Christian nation. But over on the Christian

Diminished in size, Bosnian Jews hold fast to their identity
- By ARIZONA DIGITAL NEWS
- . June 12, 2024
SARAJEVO, Bosnia (RNS) — Cantor Igor Bencion Kožemjakin doesn’t always know if he will have a minyan, or quorum of 10 Jews necessary to recite